Jul 03, 2023
We have a special visitor in town for the 4th; the California Maritime Academy’s cadet training ship the Golden Bear is in town. She’s docked at the Port of Astoria until Wednesday. The school is a four-year university that teaches students who want to work in the maritime professions.
Image: The original uploader was Frijole at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jul 3, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We have a special visitor in town for the 4th; the California Maritime Academy’s cadet training ship the Golden Bear is in town. She’s docked at the Port of Astoria until Wednesday. The school is a four-year university that teaches students who want to work in the maritime professions.
Image: The original uploader was Frijole at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jun 30, 2023
Today we conclude our chat with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, with a wide ranging talk about liquid cargoes, ballast, double hulled vessels, storms at sea, and seasickness.
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Jun 30, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we conclude our chat with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, with a wide ranging talk about liquid cargoes, ballast, double hulled vessels, storms at sea, and seasickness.
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Jun 29, 2023
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, about the technology and uses of ATB and ITB technology in the shipping industry.
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Jun 29, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, about the technology and uses of ATB and ITB technology in the shipping industry.
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Jun 28, 2023
This week we’re talking about a specialized type of vessel we see here on the Columbia, the ATB (articulated tug and barge) and the ITB (integrated tug and barge). We’ll learn more about how they work, and about the use of the super hard tropical wood, lignum vitae, for high stress bearings and other uses, in the maritime industry.
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Jun 28, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This week we’re talking about a specialized type of vessel we see here on the Columbia, the ATB (articulated tug and barge) and the ITB (integrated tug and barge). We’ll learn more about how they work, and about the use of the super hard tropical wood, lignum vitae, for high stress bearings and other uses, in the maritime industry.
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Jun 27, 2023
Today we begin a series on ATB and ITB tug and barge rigs: articulated and integrated tug and barge units. We see a lot of them on the Columbia, and they kind of look like a ship, but they’re not. Chief Engineer Bill Young will be talking with us about them this week. A look inside the maritime industry with an expert.
Photo credit: Joanne Rideout. ATB Ocean Reliance, a Crowley Maritime-owned vessel.
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Jun 27, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we begin a series on ATB and ITB tug and barge rigs: articulated and integrated tug and barge units. We see a lot of them on the Columbia, and they kind of look like a ship, but they’re not. Chief Engineer Bill Young will be talking with us about them this week. A look inside the maritime industry with an expert.
Photo credit: Joanne Rideout. ATB Ocean Reliance, a Crowley Maritime-owned vessel.
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Jun 26, 2023
This past weekend in France, a huge crowd gathered on the beach, in the seaside town of Les Sables d’Olonne, for the awards ceremony honoring the sailors who competed in the 2022 Golden Globe solo round-the-world sailing race. The race began and ended there after sailors circled the planet in small boats. Out of 16 entrants, 3 finished the race.
At the top of the list: Kirsten Neuschafer, the South African contender who became the first woman to complete and win the grueling non-stop race, after 235 days at sea, during which she backtracked for over a day to rescue a fellow competitor whose boat sank.
Photo credit: Image of Kirsten Neuschafer on the awards stage in Les Sables d’Olonne. Photo courtesy PPL Photo Agency, Tim Bishop/GGR/PPL
Note: Many thanks to Don McIntyre, Golden Globe Race founder and chairman, for permission to use GGR awards ceremony audio, and to Lennie Gallant for permission to use his song, “Minnehaha,” in this podcast.
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Jun 26, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This past weekend in France, a huge crowd gathered on the beach, in the seaside town of Les Sables d’Olonne, for the awards ceremony honoring the sailors who competed in the 2022 Golden Globe solo round-the-world sailing race. The race began and ended there after sailors circled the planet in small boats. Out of 16 entrants, 3 finished the race.
At the top of the list: Kirsten Neuschafer, the South African contender who became the first woman to complete and win the grueling non-stop race, after 235 days at sea, during which she backtracked for over a day to rescue a fellow competitor whose boat sank.
Photo credit: Image of Kirsten Neuschafer on the awards stage in Les Sables d’Olonne. Photo courtesy PPL Photo Agency, Tim Bishop/GGR/PPL
Note: Many thanks to Don McIntyre, Golden Globe Race founder and chairman, for permission to use GGR awards ceremony audio, and to Lennie Gallant for permission to use his song, “Minnehaha,” in this podcast.
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